Robin Williams

I think we feel this way because his work touched us on a personal level. He made us laugh in a way that few others ever have. Everyone has a memory of Robin Williams that's special. For me, I remember watching his stand-up comedy special on HBO when I was 37 weeks pregnant with my first child. I laughed SO hard at his bit on how the Scots invented golf that I went into labor. Not even kidding! I found the clip on YouTube last night and showed it to my kids - it was every bit as funny now as it was then.

For anyone who hasn't seen it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDQd49rEF_0

E. -
What a heartfelt message. Best wishes for your own journey with depression.

F. B.

because it feels like we knew him. Just like with Bill Cosby and the Cosby show - sooo many people relate to him as "their dad"....

My girlfriend met Robin Williams when he did a USO tour in Afghanistan two years ago. She said he was a wonderful human being! I wish I could've met him.

he had suffered from depression most of his life. It's a cruel, cruel disease....I only wish he was able to get help.

E., thanks for such an honest and thoughtful post. I am glad to hear you can still see some brightness through the storms. I had a family member who battled depression for years and eventually took his own life. My thoughts and prayers are with you that you continue to find the light and with the Williams family as they try and find peace in the middle of such devastation.

Thank you for sharing your story. I honestly hope that more people will wake up and get the help that's needed, leaving ego's behind.

My brother took his own life last year, trargically in the same exact manner being reported for Robin WIlliams, and it's heartbreaking. I don't know if there was help for him out there, or even knowing people loved him would have helped, but I pray he is at peace right now.

I'd also like to kick his tail because he let behind three children and a wife...and many millions of adoring fans. I get that it's a disease, I just wish there was more help for it...and people didn't think this was the only way to peace. I can tell you that those left behind suffer a long time with the loss.

A big congratulations to you (and the others on here admitting there issues with depression) for recognizing and voicing your struggles. It's very real, and there is help, but it takes having the courage to ask for it. I am proud of you for taking that step - it's so hard to admit faults in ourselves.

Hugs!!!

E., My son is bipolar. He fought us and his battle alone for a now know it,, a long time. He had to be hospitalized in order to discover what was wrong. I thank you and I am sure your family thanks you for your own battle and I admire your courage and determination to continue to battle.You are right, I wish he (Robin) would have known how many people admired him and loved him. To you I say this:
Thank you. with so many HUGS

I too remember waiting anxiously for "Mork & Mindy" to come on. I find it so ironic that someone who spent their whole life making others smile and laugh was so deeply afflicted with depression.

Remember how MOrk used to sit down on his head? Once when my grandson was about a year old, we were driving down the freeway and I noticed that he had gotten completely out of his carseat and was standing in the seat next to it. I told him to get back in that seat right now. Well, he couldn't figure out how and when I looked in the rearview, he was bent over standing next to the car seat with his head in the car seat like he was sitting on his head!

Sweet post here - I thank you for this, and I'm sure others do too. I remember him for his serious roles as well as his comic ones. And I am so sad that he couldn't see his way out of this.

Hugs to you in your journey - glad that you have seen brightness that Robin couldn't see...

hugs to you, E.. may that small bright beam grow and blossom for you.
i'm tired of people telling me that i'm selfish or clueless about the suffering in the world or don't care about veterans or somalians blah blah because i'm sad about robin williams. his death hit me right in the gizzard, and i'm not apologizing for it.
khairete
S.

It feels like we knew him.
It was a shock when John Belushi died.
It felt like we knew Jim Henson - I couldn't believe it when he died - we should have had years left with him.
Michael Jackson - well his personal life was a bit way out there - but he seemed too young to die.
Genius and mental illness walk a fine but blurry line.
How much of their talent is a coping mechanism to battle their personal demons?
And now his last film will be coming out in Dec (3rd Night in the Museum movie) and it'll be good to see him but spooky too knowing it's the last laugh he left us before he left us.
Some things I just can't understand.
I only hope he's feeling better now where ever he is.

Dear E.,

my husband also suffers from clinical depression and was hospitalized 4 years ago for suicidal ideation. the thing that is hard for people to understand is that, in this mindset, people convince themselves that the world would honestly be a better place without them.

it took many months after my husband's discharge to identify the best treatment plan for him. we were successful and also he doesn't suffer with the concurrent drug and alcohol addictions that plagued robin williams.

my heart crys out for this poor man knowing how much pain he must have suffered during his last days. i pray he's found some peace.

i can't agree more with you that reaching out for help is crucial to treating and managing chronic, clinical depression; a disease which is just as dangerous of a disease as diabetes, heart disease or renal failure...to name a few.

thanks for putting a name to this E., you're a brave woman. my best to you and yours, S.

Haven't read the other posts but I think the loss of a celeb is like family. You have watched then on TV and or the movies. If it's a singer you've listened to their music maybe even been to a concert or 2. With TV they were with you once a week and you couldn't wait to see them. It is hurtful when they are gone. It makes you wonder just what was going on? Who could have helped him?

Like you I adored Mork and Mindy. I wouldn't miss it. Now all we have are his movies and I'm sure some of the stations will air Mork and Mindy if they haven't started already.

I think it is ok to mourn a star like family. Robin Williams provided loads of entertainment so he will be missed. I just hope I get to see the Birdcage really soon. I love that movie.